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I've been tested by fire, and the fire lost.

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Ann Richards
Age: 73 †
Born: 1933
Born: September 1
Died: 2006
Died: September 13
Former Governor Of Texas
Politician
Lacy Lakeview
Texas
Dorothy Ann Richards
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I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'
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Poor George [Bush], he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
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One of the most valuable lessons I learned...is that we all have to learn from our mistakes, and we learn from those mistakes a lot more than we learn from the things we succeeded in doing.
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We saw farms go on the auction block while we bought food from foreign countries. Well, that's wrong.
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Oh, I would probably have raised more hell.
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If you can't fill the till, then don't pass the bill.
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I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.
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I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.
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